In
a July 9, 1998 keynote addressat the Fifth
International Conference on Composites Engineering in Las Vegas, Dr.
Deborah D. L. Chung, professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at
University at Buffalo (UB), reported that she had observed apparent
negative resistance in interfaces between layers of carbon fibers in a
composite material. Professor Chung holds the Niagara Mohawk Chair in
Materials Research at UB and is internationally recognized for her work in
smart materials and carbon composites. The apparent negative resistance was
observed in a direction perpendicular to the fiber layers.

A paper describing the research was published by Chung in a
peer-reviewed journal, and a patent application was filed by the
University.

Several negative articles appeared quickly in the popular scientific
press. Conventional scientists were quickly quoted as proclaiming that
negative resistance was against the laws of physics and thermodynamics.
Others thought perhaps the UB researchers had made a little battery and
were unaware of it.

Professor Chung, who has a Doctorate from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, is the leading “smart materials” scientist in this
country, and a scientist of international reputation. Her team tested the
negative resistance effect thoroughly for a year in the laboratory.
If there is a team in this country anywhere qualified to test a negative
resistance effect in carbon materials, it is Professor Chung and her team
at UB.

In an Energetic Productions LLC exclusive, Professor Chung discusses on camera
for the first time how this invention works, and she demonstrates
its performance under various conditions with co-inventor Dr. Shoukai
Wang. In addition, she candidly answers questions posed to her by
the interviewers.

Later on in the film we also get to learn a bit more about Deborah Chung, the
person, one of the first four women to graduate from California Institute of
Technology.

Part 3 in the Series poses some interesting questions, which may well
be related to new concepts presented in Parts 1 and 2. It is also
extremely fertile ground for experimenters, as the construction of the
invention is easily reproducible.

Dr. Chung fields a question about her invention

Oscar-nominated Director William Gazecki sets up the shoot in
Dr. Chung's Lab at the University (above and below).